Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 84 Rules?

“Ahem!”

Li Erniu lay on the bed, coughing weakly.

He looked completely different; his skin clung tightly to his bones, and in addition to his own eyes, he had four spiritual eyes on his face. These spiritual eyes were blood red, giving him the appearance of someone about to mature.

His originally dark skin now had a bluish-purple tinge. Looking at his wife who was guarding the bedside, Li Erniu asked in a barely audible voice:

Where's Tiger?

When Li Erniu's wife saw him ask a question, she quickly brought him a glass of water and fed it to him.

"Tiger said he's going to find some work outside, don't worry."

Li Erniu swallowed the water with difficulty, looking at his wife who had become much thinner, and whose face now had two bright eyes. He felt a pang in his heart, and his lips trembled slightly.

"I've made you and Tiger suffer because of me."

Li Erniu's wife, her eyes slightly red, looked at her husband, who was already on the verge of death, and gently interrupted him.

"Why say all this? If it weren't for you, we would have gone through this years ago. Tiger and I are already luckier than most people in Nancheng!"

Li Erniu's eyes reddened, and he wanted to say something more, but could only let out a heavy sigh.

Although he had planted four spiritual eyes, his body was quite robust before. How could he be on the verge of death so quickly? Who would believe that the monks of Blood Buddha Temple hadn't done anything to him?

But what could he do?

Just then, Li Erniu's wife hesitated, looking as if she wanted to say something but couldn't, and finally couldn't help but ask Li Erniu in a low voice:
"Erniu, given our family's situation, could Brother Wushou possibly help us out?"

He had mentioned this issue before. Li Erniu wanted to scold her, but seeing his wife's cautious manner, he couldn't bear to be harsh with her anymore.

"Li Wushou finally became a high priest, and his life outside the South City has hope. But the South City was sold to the Blood Buddha Temple by the City God. If we go to Li Wushou for help, aren't we just asking him to go against the City God?"

"But."

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore, and don't let him go looking for it with Tiger!"

"Hey"

A heavy sigh escaped, and the bedroom fell silent once more.

"Boom~!"

After an unknown amount of time, Li Erniu, in a daze, suddenly heard a loud bang, followed by a shout from outside the courtyard:
"Where's Li Erniu? If he's not dead, get out here right now!"

Li Erniu and his wife exchanged a glance, both feeling a sense of unease. Struggling to get out of bed, he was helped off by his wife, and the two walked towards the door while responding to each other's calls.

As soon as I stepped through the door, I saw a two-eyed monk in a yellow robe with no eyes and two ordination scars on his head standing in the courtyard.

Two gray-robed monks stood beside him. Both of them were eyeless, but they gave off a burning gaze, clearly indicating that they were also disciples of the Blood Buddha Temple who were about to enter the sect.

Meanwhile, their own front door lay quietly on the ground, indicating that the intruders had ill intentions.

"Greetings, masters!"

Li Erniu was still exchanging greetings when he heard the yellow-robed, two-eyed monk at the head of the group suddenly let out a cold snort!
"Li Erniu, how dare you let your son escape? Tell me, where did Li Hu go?"

Li Erniu was initially somewhat confused, but upon hearing the final words, he was horrified. Li Hu had escaped? As the one who carried the corpses, how could he not know the ultimate fate of the fleeing civilians?
Li Hu has always been intelligent, so why did he make such a foolish mistake?

"Master, is there some misunderstanding? My husband Li Hu was home this morning."

"A misunderstanding? Gouging out my spiritual eye is also a misunderstanding?"

Madam Li Erniu, standing beside him, turned pale. He had only asked Hu Zi to secretly go find Li Wushou; how could it involve escaping? She simply couldn't believe that her son had run away.

Her son was always filial; how could he possibly run away?
Moreover, as the son of a corpse carrier, Li Hu knew best what fate awaited those who fled.

If he didn't run away, then something must have happened to Tiger? Seeing that Li Erniu and his wife were speechless, the two-eyed monk stopped talking and opened and closed the ordination scar on his head, revealing two blood-red pupils protruding from the top of his head.

He turned to the two people beside him and gave them instructions:

"Go and call all of Li Erniu's neighbors here, so they can all see what happens when someone tries to escape on their own!"

The two people behind him straightened up and shouted excitedly, "Yes, senior brother!" Then they turned around and went out of the courtyard gate to shout.

As for Li Erniu and his wife, upon hearing the two-eyed monk's murderous words, they instantly lost their balance and collapsed to the ground.

There was no room for wishful thinking; only deep despair remained in their hearts. If only Li Hu could really escape, but alas, there were no "ifs." Over the years, every person who had tried to escape had met a tragic end.

Before long, a crowd had gathered in front of Li Erniu's courtyard, all of them shocked by the news they had heard.

Li Hu escaped? Li Erniu and his family are going to be executed?

A month ago, Li Erniu was the envy of his neighbors. Although the corpse-moving team was dangerous, it did not require planting spirit officials and did not damage flesh and blood.

In the blink of an eye, this family is about to be slaughtered? Truly, life is unpredictable!

Neighbors, whether they were reluctant, indifferent, or gloating, were forced to gather here by the will of the Blood Buddha Temple, whether they liked it or not.

The two-eyed monk, his blood-red pupils surveying the entire scene, said in a cold voice:

"Since arriving in this Five Directions Southern City, my Blood Buddha Temple has always been compassionate and has never excessively exploited everyone. However, Li Erniu's son, Li Hu, is ungrateful and dared to escape on his own, even going so far as to gouge out my spiritual eye!"

"Li Erniu and his wife have failed in their duty to raise their son and deserve the same punishment. I will first drain the lifeblood from this couple, and then capture that escaped little beast and bring him to justice, skinning him alive and dismembering him!"

His words were filled with menace, and the onlookers were all terrified.

The two gray-robed monks standing in front of the crowd listened with great excitement. At this moment, they deeply felt that they were completely different from these ordinary people in the southern city.

The feeling of controlling other people's destinies is fascinating!
"Senior brother, that's how it should be. Let these lowly people know what the rules are!"

The two-eyed monk nodded slightly, and the blood-red pupils on his head suddenly trembled. The blood-red pupils on the faces of Li Erniu and his wife immediately became active and responded.

Li Erniu and his wife convulsed and spasmed, making painful, dry sounds from their throats.

The pain of having one's essence and blood removed is unbearable.

The two-eyed monk's face was indifferent, while the two gray-robed monks' faces showed a hint of arrogance.

Everyone waited silently for Li Erniu and his wife to be dried into mummies, when suddenly a murmur rang out in the courtyard: "Rules?"

The gray-robed monk who had just spoken raised his brow and scanned the entire area with his empty eye sockets. "Who?"

At this critical juncture, how dare you provoke me? Do you have a death wish?
The onlookers were so frightened that they took a step back and shook their heads to indicate that it wasn't them.

The gray-robed monk was about to reprimand them again when the crowd suddenly erupted in uproar, and then looked up in fear at the sky.

The gray-robed monk turned around and looked up, but found nothing. However, the two-eyed monk in front of him, who was focused on extracting the essence of Li Erniu and his wife, suddenly changed his expression.

Just now, the connection between his blood-red eyes and the spiritual eyes implanted in Li Erniu and his wife was severed.

The Buddhist scripture on his chest felt slightly warm, a sign that the fleeing Li Hu was getting closer and closer.

The blood-red pupils above suddenly lifted, and in the void above the courtyard, a figure in a green robe stood suspended in mid-air, carrying a half-grown child in his hand. This figure was none other than Li Erniu's son, Li Hu.

"Hoo~!"

The two-eyed monk took a deep breath, his face somewhat solemn. "The High Priest of the City God Temple, Li Wushou?"

Li Wushou stood in the void, his eyes slightly lowered, and slowly asked:
"Your Blood Buddha Temple wants to teach me the rules?"

(End of this chapter)